Editing Basilicata (section)

===Music===
{{Main article|Music of Basilicata}}
[[File:BOURCARD(1853) p1.192 - I VIGGIANESI.jpg|thumb|left|''I Viggianesi'', by [[Filippo Palizzi]], 1853]]
Although Basilicata hosted classical composers such as [[Carlo Gesualdo]] and [[Egidio Romualdo Duni]], the region is primarily identified in popular music, which reflects the humble living conditions of its inhabitants. The ''arpa viggianese'' (commonly known as ''arpicedda'') is a typical harp from [[Viggiano]] of average size, with a thin and light structure that makes it easier to carry; it was the distinctive instrument of [[street musician]]s from the [[Val d'Agri]] area in the past centuries, who wandered around the world and many of whom were admitted to [[symphony orchestra]]s. Today, Viggiano is remembered as the "City of Harp and Music".<ref>{{cite web|title=From local traditions to "augmented reality". The MUVIG museum of Viggiano (Italy)|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82776779.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312101356/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82776779.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-12 |url-status=live|website=core.ac.uk|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> Other traditional instruments are [[cupa cupa]], [[zampogna]] and [[Piffero|ciaramella]].

During the emigration wave of the late 19th century, some composers gained recognition in [[North America]]: [[Leonardo De Lorenzo]], flautist of several American [[philharmonic orchestra]]s and professor at the [[Eastman School of Music]], regarded as one of the most eminent flute pedagogues of the 1900s; [[Carlo Curti]], who helped to popularize the mandolin in the United States and Mexico, and founder of the ''Orquestra Típica Mexicana'', considered the "predecessor of the [[Mariachi]] bands".<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Castillo|first=Manuel M.|date=2014|title=Italian and Spanish works of Mexican composers: Maria Grever, Ignacio Fernandez Esperon "Tata Nacho," and Agustin Lara|journal=Theses and Dissertations--Music |url=http://uknowledge.uky.edu/music_etds/32/ |type=DMA dissertation |publisher=The University of Kentucky |via=UKnowledge |page=20|access-date=September 8, 2015|quote=The Orquesta Típica is the predecessor of the Mariachi bands and is the same orchestra that Tata Nacho conducted from 1960-1968.}}</ref> [[Comedy duo]] [[Lyons and Yosco]] became popular for their million-selling [[ragtime]] piece "Spaghetti Rag".<ref>{{cite book |last=Jasen |first=David A |date=1986 |title=Ragtime gems: original sheet music for 25 ragtime classics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVo30wDPbIMC&q=spaghetti+rag+recording&pg=PR3 |location=New York |publisher=Dover Publications |page=iii |isbn=978-0-486-25248-3}}</ref>

Modern pop artists such as [[Mango (singer)|Mango]] and [[Arisa]] achieved great success in the Italian music scene. Since the mid-1990s, Basilicata hosts the [[Agglutination Metal Festival]], one of the most long-lived [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] events in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metalitalia.com/articolo/agglutination-metal-festival-2018-meet-greet-esclusivo-con-i-death-ss/|title=AGGLUTINATION METAL FESTIVAL 2018: meet & greet esclusivo con i DEATH SS|website=metalitalia.com|language=it|date=19 July 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalpit.it/xxiv-agglutination-metal-festival-il-programma-completo-del-festival/|title=XXIV AGGLUTINATION METAL FESTIVAL: il programma completo del festival|website=metalpit.it|language=it|date=12 June 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>